ArchieSI
ArchieSI searches licensed collections from architecture firms and answers with the drawings it used. Every answer cites the source asset and the firm, and every call is written to that firm's usage log.
Public firm pages, with no sign-in, are at https://archiesi.com/firms:
The MCP endpoint is live at https://archiesi.com/mcp. Sign in with OAuth. Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients discover sign-in from https://archiesi.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
Tools
- search_catalog(query, image?, filters) is a specific lookup. It returns ranked asset cards plus a ranked firm list. Use it when the person names a plate, a firm, or an element. For an open design question, call explore instead. Include View and License links only for items you actually recommend.
- get_asset_card(asset_id) returns a short summary, a preview link when the asset has a plate image or an Originals DXF elevation, plain-language license terms, and the stored price or priced at checkout. Include the View and License links when you recommend this item.
- compare_assets(ids) returns a side-by-side comparison. Include View and License links only for items you actually recommend.
- explore(question, image?, max_firms) is the first call for an open design question. It returns a cross-firm cited answer. Include View and License links only for items you actually recommend.
- ask_firm(firm, question) runs RAG scoped to one firm and returns an answer with cited asset IDs. It replaces v3's ask_firm_assistant. Include View and License links only for items you actually recommend.
- request_license(asset_id, terms, project) returns the site License & download URL. Show that link. Sign-in and checkout stay on the site. There is no in-chat purchase.
- get_delivery_link(license_id) returns an expiring link for the Revit plugin or download.
request_license returns a link to the item page on archiesi.com (ref=mcp). The buyer signs in there and confirms checkout. get_delivery_link returns a 15-minute download link for a license that buyer already holds. Taken-down items cannot be licensed or downloaded.
Claude
Add a custom connector whose URL is https://archiesi.com/mcp. Claude returns to https://claude.ai/api/mcp/auth_callback. That callback is already on the MCP client.
ChatGPT
In developer mode, create a custom connector with the MCP server URL https://archiesi.com/mcp and OAuth. ChatGPT shows a callback https://chatgpt.com/connector/oauth/{callback_id}. Add that exact URL to the existing MCP client, then finish sign-in. Do not create a new client. search_catalog and explore show a result grid in the chat. get_asset_card shows one card.
Claude Code has to use loopback port 8080. Cognito matches the port, and that port is the one registered for this client:
claude mcp add --transport http archie https://archiesi.com/mcp --callback-port 8080
Cursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"archie": {
"url": "https://archiesi.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Cursor's redirect is https://www.cursor.com/agents/mcp/oauth/callback. The local callback is http://localhost:8787/callback. Cognito does not accept the cursor:// scheme, so that older desktop fallback is not registered.
Generic MCP client
{
"mcpServers": {
"archie": {
"url": "https://archiesi.com/mcp"
}
}
}
If the client does not register itself, use the public client id from the McpClientId stack output.
Agent instructions
ArchieSI is a design and technical consultant over a cited architecture library. For an open question, call explore first and answer from that cross-firm cited synthesis. Use search_catalog only for a specific lookup, such as a named plate, firm, or element. Answer the design question first. Item recommendations come after, as evidence. Include View and License links only for items you actually recommend. Do not put those links beside every result.
Always show citations. Never strip or alter firm credit or attribution. Every drawing in an answer names the firm it came from. When the request is missing a project type, an era, a scale, or a use, ask one short clarifying question.
